Legal Opinion
Scavenius v. City of Anchorage
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided August 21, 1975No. 2193PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOOCHEVER, Justice.
We are confronted on this appeal with the unusual issue of whether a jury’s award of $0.00 as just compensation to a property owner for the taking of an easement is patently inadequate or violative of constitutional provisions pertaining to eminent domain. 1
The City of Anchorage brought an action to condemn easements for the construction, ,use and maintenance of a sanitary sewer line upon two non-adjacent parcels owned by the appellant, Irma R. Scav-enius. The City filed a declaration of taking and deposited $2.00 as the estimated just compensation for the taking of…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
- City of Anchorage v. ScaveniusAlaska Supreme Court · 1975
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- Gilstrap v. International Contractors Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1993
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